(Apologies if you’ve seen this post multiple times—this comic was originally for paid subscribers only, but I wanted to open it up to everyone in honor of the Oscars this weekend. Thanks for bearing with me!)
When you first posted this I wasn’t sure what to comment…I have an odd relationship with this place having grown up here. And an odder one still as an artist who still doesn’t know exactly what and how they want to create. But your final sentiment made me think of the old Demi Lovato song “La La Land” and the part of it I always loved best: “tell me do you feel the way I feel? / cause nothing else is real / in the la la land appeal.” You say the lights are “beautiful because they’re ours, and because we say they are”…Hollywood is artificial. But we aren’t, and neither is the intent behind the art we make. At the end of the day that’s the only thing that matters and the only thing that keeps us going. And it’s the only way anything amazing gets made in this town, through all the blood, sweat, and tears. Through every fight you’ve had to have, through every fight the Nimona team had to have. We wouldn’t have She-Ra or Nimona otherwise, and we so nearly didn’t. Thank you for always being willing to have those fights, and for never letting go of what those Hollywood lights mean to you - for never compromising as an artist. For telling your stories unflinchingly in this town, and beyond.
Congrats on everything and have an AMAZING time at the Oscars, Nate!!
When you first posted this I wasn’t sure what to comment…I have an odd relationship with this place having grown up here. And an odder one still as an artist who still doesn’t know exactly what and how they want to create. But your final sentiment made me think of the old Demi Lovato song “La La Land” and the part of it I always loved best: “tell me do you feel the way I feel? / cause nothing else is real / in the la la land appeal.” You say the lights are “beautiful because they’re ours, and because we say they are”…Hollywood is artificial. But we aren’t, and neither is the intent behind the art we make. At the end of the day that’s the only thing that matters and the only thing that keeps us going. And it’s the only way anything amazing gets made in this town, through all the blood, sweat, and tears. Through every fight you’ve had to have, through every fight the Nimona team had to have. We wouldn’t have She-Ra or Nimona otherwise, and we so nearly didn’t. Thank you for always being willing to have those fights, and for never letting go of what those Hollywood lights mean to you - for never compromising as an artist. For telling your stories unflinchingly in this town, and beyond.
Congrats on everything and have an AMAZING time at the Oscars, Nate!!
Much love, Dee
Glad you are sharing it to all, it is a great story.